1926-2001
He was a photographer. He was born in Mosul, where he finished his primary and secondary schools. He was influenced by his maternal grandfather Yousif Elias Sunbul, who was the first professional and creative photographer in Iraq in the late 19th century. He moved to Baghdad and worked in Elias Jammua’s studio in Al-Rashid Street, which was providing the Iraqi press with photographs of the official events at that time. He then worked in most Iraqi newspapers and he was even head of photography department in many of them. He completed various courses in photography outside Iraq and eaned diplomas in color photography from England, Germany. and Italy, and he was even granted the certificate of International Photography Professor. He had membership in the International Association of American Photojournalists. He participated in several international conferences on the art of photography. He had a set of photographs documenting the Iraqi theatrical activity since the fifties. Hle published several books, researches and articles specialized in the art of photography, such as ‘Altasweer Almulawan’ (color photography) in 1965
